Cooler for explosive-engines.



'PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

S. S. MORTON. COOLER FOR BXPLOSIVE ENGINES.

APPLICATION FILED 001225, 1905.

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S. S. MORTON. COOLER FOR EXPLOSIVE ENGINES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed October 25, 1905. Serial No. 284,273.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. MORTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Upper Sandusky, in the county of Wyandot and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coolers for Explosive-Engines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to coolers for explosiveengines, being designed more particu larly for use in connection with gasolenc traction-engines for the purpose of cooling the water employed for keeping down the temperature of the engine-cylinder, so that the same water thus cooled may be used over again for that purpose. The invention is, however, ap licable to explosive-engines employed in ct er connections.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive cooling de Vice of high efficiency which will require the use of only a small quantity of water, which will prevent the entrance of foreign n1ate rials into the circnlationwhilc exposing the water directly to contact with the air, and which may be readily carriedupon the frame- "work of a traction-engine of the class described.

To these ends my invention consists in certain novel features which I will now proceed to describe and will then particularly point out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gasolene traction-engkilne having my improved cooler applied t ereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cooler detached. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken transversely through the cooler at a point slightly to the rear of the center thereof, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the supports detached.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention as applied to a asolene traction-engine of a known type asi lustrating oneembodiment of my invention, and in this type of engine the frame is composed of two parallel members 1, preferably in the.

fornr of channel-bars, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3, and the cooler comprises atank or reservoir 2, arranged to fit between the said lon itudinal frame members at the front part or the machine, said reservoir ber the tank or reservoir in position.

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ing preferably provided along the top of its side margins with angle-irons 8, which rest upon the tops of the members 1 and support Said tank or reservoir may be secured in position in any desired manner.

From two opposite margins of the tank or reservoir, preferably the front and rear margins, there arises a plurality of supports 4, arranged in corresponding pairs. In the present instance I have shown four of these supports, two at the front and two at the rear of the tank. They are each preferably given the inverted-V shape shown. being composed of rods which converge inward and unite near their upper ends, one oi these supports being shown in detail in Fig. 4: of the drawings. They may be supported from the tank at their lower ends in any suitable manner; but I prefer to mount them upon cross-pieces 5, secured on top of the tank, said cross-pieces being preferably in the form of angle-bars, the horizontal members of which serve to secure said cross-picces to the tank by riveting or otherwise connecting them to thc'angle-bars 3, while the vertical members of said anglcbars serve for the attachment thereto of the lower ends of the supports 4. This may be ell'ected by form'- ing the lower end of each of the diverging members 6 of the support 4 into perforated lugs 7, by means of which said members may be readily riveted orotherwise secured to the cross-pieces 5.

Each member a is provided at its upper end with a cap 8, and the cups of the opposite pairs of supports receive and close the ends of a distributing-pipe 9, which is thus carried by the supports 4. Each distributing-pipe is perforated as to its lower portion, as indicated at 10. Said distributing-pipes are connected by a transverse pipe 11 at their central portions to a supply or inlet pipe 12, which brings the heated water from (Shown at 13 in Fig. 1.) The lower ends of the members 6, lying opposite each other on opposite sides of the tank, may be connected, if desired, by rods 14.

The structure thus described, which is located above the tank 2, servesto support the cooling-surfaces, which are formed of canvas or other suitable fabric. Preferably a single sheet of canvas is employed in connection with each pair of supports and distributingpipe. These sheets are indicated by the reference-numeral 15. The arrangement for their support which I prefer is that shown in which each sheet has its central portion extended around the corresponding distributing-pipe 9 and connected below the same by a line of stitching, as indicated at 16, said stitching connecting the two bodies of canvas Which lie on opposite sides of the diverging members 6 ofthe supports 4. The twometal and is without atop, it being provided with a top or cover 19, preferably of canvas, although any suitable fabric will serve the purpose, and said canvas top is provided with a central opening 20, which is closed by ascreen 21, Which screen may be constructed of any suitablematerial.

22 represents the outlet-pipe of the cooler, which is connected to-a pump 23, from which a supply-pipe leads to the engine-cylinder, being connected with the waterjacket space surrounding the same.

It will be seen that the heated Water enteririg the cooling apparatus through the inletpipe 12'will be conductedby the transverse pipe 11 to the distributing-pipes 9 and will be discharged from these latter pipes, through the apertures 10 thereof, upon the sheets of canvas 15. .Since two of these latter are brought together immediately below each distributing-pipe, the water will be distribalong the same will be thoroughly exposed to the cooling influence of the atmosphere,

uted evenly from each pipe over both of the sheets below it, and the entire body of heated Water will be e uallydistributed over the several sheets o canvas and fl'owingdowh which is free toicirculatebetween the sheets and over both surfaces of each of them, for it will be seen that the spacebetween the two diverging portions of each sheet of canvas is open at both ends, and since the arrange 'ment of the sheets isgenerally longitudinal with respect to the machine as a Wholethe circulation of air through these spacesis promoted, especially when the. machine isin motion. The water after having thus been thoroughly-exposed to the atmosphere falls upon the canvas cover of the tank and enters the tank either by passage directly through said cover or through the central opening 20. thereof and the screen 21 which protects saidv opening. In either case no dust, dirt, or other material apt to clog the circulation is permitted to enter the tank, while at the same time I am enabled to obtain a maximum cooling effect by the direct exposure of the water to the atmosphere. It will be understood, of course, that the cooled water thus stored in the tank is returned to the water jacket of the engine-cylinder through the mediumofthe pipe 22, the pump 23, and the usual connections, thus keeping up a constant circulation ofthe water. 1

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precisedetails of construction hereinbefore described, and shown in the accompanyin drawings, as it is obvious that these det'ai 5 may be modified without 'd.e-

parting from, thepr'inciple of my invention. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and

Letters Patent, is

1. A cooler-for explosive-engines comprising a tank, upwardly-converging supports mounted on said tank, a distributing-pipe carried by said supports, and downwardly diverging sheets of fabric-connected to said supports and meetingbelow said pipe, substantially as described.

,2. A cooler for explosive-en ines compri's-- desire to secure by ing a tank, supportsof inverte -V shape arising from opposite sides-of said tank, a distributin -pipe mounted on said supports,

and a s eet; of fabric passing around said pipe, having its margins connected to the diverging thereo lyin on opposite sidesof the pipe drawn togeter below said pipe, substan tially as described. 7 v i p 3. A'cooler for explosive-engines comprissupports and having the portionsioo ing a tank, a plurality of supports of inverted- I V shape arising from opposite sides of said tank and arranged in opposite pairs, 'a'distributingpipe mounted on the upper ends of g each pairof supports, and diverging sheets of fabric carried by the members of the supports, each diverging pair of sheets. meeting [IO below a distributing-pipe, substantially as described.

4. A cooler for explosive-engines comprising distributing-pipes, sheets of fabric ex=- tending downward from said pipes to con duct the water exposed to theatmosphere, a tank located below said sheets, and a fabric cover for said tank provided with acentral opening described. p

5 In a gasolene traction-engine, the combination, with a frame anda gasolene-engine mountedon said frame, of a cooler for the cooling water'of said engine comprising a tank supported on said frame, upwardly-converging supports mounted on thefront and rear of said, tank, a distributing 'pipe carried by said supports and extending longitudihaving a strainer, substantially as nally-of said traction-engine, and diver ing sheets of fabric carried by said distributingoioe andextending between the sameand 4 thereof comprising a tank supported upon sheets of fabric carried by said supports and meeting in airs under each pipe, said sheets extendlng 1n the direction of travel of the machine. and the spaces between them being open at each end, substantially as described. V In testimony whereof I affix my signature the frame of the 'vehiele, a plurality of supin presenceof two witnesses.

ports of inverted-V shape mounted in oppo+v I I site pairs upon the front and rear sides of l SAMUEL MORTON' said tank, said sheets of fabric being dIaWfl together beneath said distributing-pipes, substantially as described.

6. In combination with a gasolene traction-engine, a cooler for the cooling water said tank, longitudinally-extending"distrib- I l/Vitnessesr uting-pipes, each mounted on one pair of T. J. SANGER, said supports; and downwardlyediyergingl M. M. CLARK. 

